‘We need 300m hectares of land to meet food demand by 2030’
The Minister of Environment Mohammed Abubakar said on Sunday that 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost globally to dry land degradation affecting food...
Category : Agribusiness
Uhuru unveils Sh2.2 billion youth agribusiness programme
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday launched a Sh2.2 billion Empowering Novel Agribusiness-led Employment (ENABLE Kenya) programme. The programme is a youth capacity-building initiative aimed at...
Call for investment in agriculture as 9.8m Sudanese face famine
The Ministry of Agriculture of Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have...
South Africans eat ten times more chicken than beef by value – and not a lot of vegetables
A recent survey released by Stats SA suggests that, by value, South Africans eat ten times as much chicken meat as beef, and very little...
Tech-Driven Agriculture to Boost 50,000 Women and Youth Farmers in Nigeria
Building on its work to boost food security in Nigeria through technology-driven agricultural services, Thrive Agric has launched a 1-year project to support 50,000 smallholder...
Namibia: Harvesting Kicks-Off in the North
Many communal farmers in northern Namibia have started harvesting pearl millet (mahangu) and other crops. The rainfall season was erratic in some areas in the...
Solve those crop problems yourself, and save thousands!
On discovering a problem with their crop, many farmers panic and call in a consultant. This can produce good results, but sometimes even a professional...
Farmers must brace for sharp rises in agrochemical prices
Agrochemical prices in South Africa continued on an upward trajectory during the past year, and should this trend continue, farmers could expect to pay much...
Zimbabwe bumper harvest to hit South African agriculture
The largest harvest of the staple maize in 37 years, which has led Zimbabwe to suspend all imports of the grain, is projected to have...
Kenya: Former Battlefields Along Kenya and South Sudan Border Turned Into Farms
Once upon a time, Ms Emuria Aburo had a big herd of cattle. They were the pride of her home, her source of wealth and...